Founding History of Amazon
Founded by Jeff Bezos.
Started design and development work in June 1994.
Incorporated as Cadabra Inc. in July 1994.
Purchased the amazon.com domain name in November 1994.
Launched commercially in July 1995.
Amended company name to Amazon.com Inc in May 1996.
Started trading on the NASDAQ in May 1997.
Headquartered in Seattle, USA.
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Year 1 of Amazon
Backstory
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Version 1 of Amazon (Website)
JUL 1995
Stats of Amazon (Pre-IPO)
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Full Year 1 of Amazon
Y1 of Amazon.pdfJUN 1994 to MAY 1995
Extras of Amazon
1999 APR Jeff Bezos on Charlie Rose
1999 JUL Jeff Bezos on 60 minutes
2007 MAR Jeff Bezos at TED
2020 FEB Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos